WEBVTT IN ANDOUT OF THAT LANE RIGHT THERE.AN ALERT MARYLAND STATE TROOPERPULLED OVER DR. ALAN MCCARTHY ONSUSPICION OF DRIVING UNDER THEINFLUENCE.>> A TROOPER THAT WAS ON ANOTHERCALL DID WHAT ANY TROOPER WOULDDO WHEN THEY SAW SOMEONE DRIVINGUNDER THE INFLUENCE AND MADE ATRAFFIC STOP.EVEN: THE CAR WAS WEAVINGBACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN LOCUSTPOINT AND ELK FOREST ROADS.>> THERE WAS EVIDENCE OFALCOHOL, ONCE REVERBERATED ATRAFFIC STOP.THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE CAR.DAVID: VOTERS ELECTED HIM COUNTYEXECUTIVE.HE IS A VETERINARIAN WITH AFOCUS ON HORSES.HE BELONGS TO 15 ORGANIZATIONSINCLUDING EATING A VOTING MEMBEROF THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNCIL.>> HE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THENORTHEAST BARRACKS FORPROCESSING AND HE WAS RELEASEDTO A SOBER DRIVER LATER THATEVENING.DAVID: CECIL COUNTY STATESATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS RECUSINGITSELF.NO WORD ON WHICH JURISDICTIONWILL TAKE IT.

Cecil County Executive Alan Judson McCarthy was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Thursday night, the 11 News I-Team has learned.

Maryland State Police said a trooper saw a car weaving back and forth across the center and side lines of Route 213 between Locust Point and Elk Forest roads shortly after 11 p.m. The trooper stopped the vehicle on southbound Route 213 near Spears Hill Road.

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State police said the trooper smelled a strong odor of alcohol when he approached the driver.

"There was strong evidence of alcohol when the trooper made the initial traffic stop," Maryland State Police spokesman Ron Snyder said. "There was no one else in the car. No one was injured."

The I-Team has learned that the driver was identified as McCarthy, 69, of Chesapeake City.

McCarthy was charged on traffic citations with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to obey properly placed traffic control device instructions, failure to drive a vehicle on the right half of a roadway when required and negligent driving of a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life and person.

"He was taken to the North East barracks for processing, and then he was released to a sober driver later that evening," Snyder said.

The Cecil County State's Attorney's Office is recusing itself from the case. There's no word on which jurisdiction will take over, or when a court date will be scheduled.

Police are not releasing McCarthy's blood-alcohol level.

Voters elected McCarthy as Cecil County executive last November. He previously served as vice president of the County Council. He's a veterinarian with a focus on horses.

McCarthy belongs to 15 organizations, including as a voting member of the Drug and Alcohol Council.